Add 1 pint Diesel to 10 Gal. e-gas, what do you think?

[Flatblack31]

I myself love MMO

[41ford1]

1 pint in 10 gallons is a 1 to 80 ratio. Would mix make smoke? Probably not. Will it be enough to prevent vapor lock. Maybe. Wil be harmful to the engine? No. It shouldn't be any worse then adding MMO as instructed on the container. As stated before, top end lube and a possible increase in the boiling temp of the fuel.

[dwaynec]

When I was a teenager ( more years ago than I like to think!) one of the valves stuck in my '47 Merc. The old-time mechanic from across the street brought over a quart of diesel fuel and with the engine running at a fast idle he slowly poured the fuel down the carb. The car smoked like heck but when he was done, the valve was no longer stuck.

[G.M.]

Originally Posted by rotorwrench

I caught that in the latest EFV8 magazine too. My first thought was Marvel Mystery Oil like GM mentioned. My Pop had a pickup accidentally topped off with diesel at a full service filling station once and he didn't get very far. It wasn't just a pint though.

A small quantity of diesel would just be a top end lube but MMO is made for that and is proven to work well. It will aid the electric fuel pump too which was the purpose that Randy Rundle added the diesel for. I figure Randy was coming up with a solution that a person could literally get near anywhere for the GAR. Otherwise they would have to carry MMO in gallon jugs with them.

I few years ago I had a suburban diesel. Got fuel at the same station most
of the time where the owner pumped the fuel. One day we were talking and
I didn't notice but he filled it with gas. In 1/8 mile it started loosing power
and in 3/4 mile it had trouble moving. Made it into Pizza Hut and smelled the
tank and it was gas. Called the station they sent a tow truck and drained the gas and refilled with diesel. It ran good for years with no injector pump
damage. G.M.

[Jeff/Illinois]

Originally Posted by RalphM

And it's great on pancakes!

I LOVE that!!!!!

MMO in my gasoline for several years and the '36 pickup with a 59AB Flattie running the original fuel pump, and she runs great.

Of course that is with a Jere Jobe built Stromberg 97, THAT made a HUGE difference!!! Jere is kinda retired from that now.

[outlaw]

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Originally Posted by dwaynec

When I was a teenager ( more years ago than I like to think!) one of the valves stuck in my '47 Merc. The old-time mechanic from across the street brought over a quart of diesel fuel and with the engine running at a fast idle he slowly poured the fuel down the carb. The car smoked like heck but when he was done, the valve was no longer stuck.

Back in the 60's my dad would do the same thing about every other year to clean the carbon ( as he referred to it as) from our vehicles. Smoked like hell. I remember one time the cops & fire department showed up as the neighbors had called them thinking fire. Bill

[rotorwrench]

We always used ATF to poor down the carb for a quickie top lube job when I was younger and cars still had carburetors.

[G.M.]

Originally Posted by Jeff/Illinois

I LOVE that!!!!!

MMO in my gasoline for several years and the '36 pickup with a 59AB Flattie running the original fuel pump, and she runs great.

Of course that is with a Jere Jobe built Stromberg 97, THAT made a HUGE difference!!! Jere is kinda retired from that now.

For those that don't know Jere he also does a good job on
the Lincoln V/12 distributors. G.M.

[Ol' Ron]

My Brother-in-law Hooked up a tank and pump to a 4 bl carb on a 70's Pontiac. Started on gas and when on the hyway swirched over to diesel. Ran pretty well on the interstate but when it stalled, was very hard to start even on gas. But it did run OK st speed.

[Robert/Texas]

During WW2 our next-door neighbor ex-farmers had a ’31 Chevrolet and liked to take it to the beach, about 50 miles each way, during the summer months. Gas was rationed so they ran the car on kerosene. The man showed me how it was done. He had drilled a hole in the top of the float chamber and used a rubber plug to stop it. He used a syringe, similar to turkey a baster to fill and empty the chamber and used pure gas to start it. I don’t know if something else was mixed with the kerosene but don’t recall that it smoked much.

[1952henry]

It was a belief that the horizontal two cylinder JDs would have excessive cylinder wear so it wasn't unheard of for farmers to mix some diesel with gas in hopes of avoiding the wear. I have heard of stories of up to 20% diesel used. No blown up engines or other issues except some smoke. Of course the excessive wear was just a wive's tale. Probably started by folks who owned tractors with vertical cylinders. Guess that wive's tale is no sillier than the one about a little diesel in gas inviting the devil into your engine.

[rotorwrench]

Ford tractors like the 8N, NAA, 600, & 800 series could be purchased with Kerosene fuel systems well up into the 50s.

[RalphG]

Originally Posted by 1952henry

It was a belief that the horizontal two cylinder JDs would have excessive cylinder wear so it wasn't unheard of for farmers to mix some diesel with gas in hopes of avoiding the wear. I have heard of stories of up to 20% diesel used. No blown up engines or other issues except some smoke. Of course the excessive wear was just a wive's tale. Probably started by folks who owned tractors with vertical cylinders. Guess that wive's tale is no sillier than the one about a little diesel in gas inviting the devil into your engine.

There is truth to that story. My dad ran a model D John Deere for years on distillate, kind of a mix of diesel and gas that the fuel suppliers sold. Later on he had the tractor converted to burn pure gas when distillate was no longer easily available. He claimed the engine did not last as long on gas. More frequent valve jobs and rings required. Pure gas was too "dry" .

[swanwaco32]

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